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North Richland Hills, Tx, Us

North Richland Hills, Tx, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Oversee readiness and development of structural steel, chute and conveyor suppliers supporting customer projects in Americas region. Conducts sustainability assessments for the suppliers to assure compliance to German Supply Chain Act. Oversees capacity analysis, onboarding assessments, and performance management for suppliers in responsible categories.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Responsible supplier development engineer aligned with category lead for suppliers manufacturing conveyors, chutes and structural steel for distribution and fulfillment centers throughout North America.•Works with category management team to identify and qualify alternative suppliers and perform risk management for single/sole source suppliers accounting for $20M/yr in sales. •Identified and qualified alternative suppliers for 50% capacity increase in steelwork category. •Identified alternative suppliers for 84% capacity increase in chutes/conveyors category.

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

Worked with suppliers to determine best fit products for supplier’s capabilities and capacity. Identified gaps and develops recovery plans for struggling suppliers who have on time delivery or capacity issues. Worked with multiple suppliers to bring OTD up by 20% or greater. Evaluated new projects for make/buy decisions and supplier selection for components in assemblies. Assisted supply chain team in part transitions to new suppliers while helping with expediting, supplier selection, capacity evaluation.

Costa Mesa, Ca, Us

Spearhead delivery of composite and formed sheet-metal airframe components for Bell AH-1Z helicopter program. Facilitate development and implementation of supplier recovery plans as liaison between supplier and customer’s procurement teams in contract role while seeking to full-time, permanent position. Submits customer reports on OTD, scheduling, and status reports.• Recovered two suppliers from 2-6 months behind schedule with recovery plans that supported accelerated schedule developed with senior leadership teams.⁃ Guided supplier in conversion from small-run to batch processing.⁃ Assisted supplier with make/buy decisions relating to manpower and capability.⁃ Resolved supplier and supply chain management issues with alignment of schedules to need.

Directed program that brought sheet metal fabricated for food service industry parts in-house. Coordinated design reviews, engineering changes, and configuration-management tasks. Company unexpectedly shuttered in late 2017.• Brought 2 new assemblies and 20 sub-assemblies on-line and into production in just 3 months.• Resolved manufacturability and blueprint issues due to lack of information or defined scope; expanded blueprints to show all necessary features, dimensions, and processing specifications.• Eliminated 2-month delay by ramping up production of detail hardware to support past-due assemblies.

Plano, Texas, Us

Responsible engineer for producing work instructions and project management for aircraft assembly tooling and flight hardware components such as flight control cables, precision machined assemblies and hydraulic tubing for commercial and military aircraft.

Grand Prairie, Tx, Us

Responsible engineer for manufacture of composite details, sandwich panels, and assemblies for airframe components for a military aircraft being transitioned from another supplier. Responsible for process writing and editing of work instructions. Responsible for new product introduction and completion of first articles of airframe components. Corresponds with customer quality assurance on submission of tags and clarification of requirements. Managed engineering intern team and responsible for handling assignments and accountable for their results.

East Hartford, Ct, Us

Responsible engineer the repair of nickel superalloys for two legacy product lines, transitioned to a process engineering role to oversee the chemcial stripping operations of coatings. Typically responsible for work instruction authoring/editing, floor support, process development, and using Pratt & Whitney's ACE tools.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Responsible for the manufacture of large scale, hand lay-up carbon fiber structures used on rockets such as ULA's Delta II and Delta IV series launch vehicles. Oversaw the start-up and completion of the hand lay-up process for the payload fairings and common booster core (CBC) structures. Evaluated blueprints for changes and implemented them into work instructions while performing edits on an as needed basis. Also responsible for cost savings through labor reduction or material savings.

East Hartford, Ct, Us

Responsible for project management, tool and process development for the lay-up, bond, assembly, machining, and non-destructive testing of pre-impregnated and dry fabrics (Kevlar, graphite, fiberglass) along with metal bonded structures. Developed and authored overhaul and repair work instructions for repairing composite and metallic aircraft engine components. Interfaced with customers on routine basis on design, development, and implementation issues. Charged with maintaining the certification program of non-destructive testing of flight critical hardware.

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

Was Dow-UT Composite Products at time of employment.Responsible for transitioning processes involving the lay-up, bonding, and assembly of pre-impregnated Kevlar and graphite acoustic and non-acoustic airplane engine liners. Also performed sustaining engineer duties for fan exit fairings, polyamide and fiberglass duct segments, and acoustic wire-mesh and aluminum honeycomb parts.Transitioned over 80 parts from a Pratt & Whitney plant that was closing to this facility.

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

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